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1875 Molly Maguires...
1875 Molly Maguires...
Item # 723147
April 06, 1875
BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1875
* Molly Maguires
* Miners - railroad6
* Gov. John F. Hartranft
* Pennsylvania
Page 3 has an article with small heading: "Shot by the 'Molly Maguires'"
And a related article on page 3 with small heading: "Troubles in the Coal Regions" (see images) Nice to have in a Pennsylvania title.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: In 1875, George Burke, a coal-train brakeman in Pennsylvania’s anthracite region, was shot and killed in an attack attributed to the Molly Maguires. Burke was targeted because he was believed to have cooperated with mine management or provided information to authorities, placing him in the Mollies’ category of “informers,” a label that often proved fatal in the tense labor climate of the coal fields. His killing reflected the bitter atmosphere of the time, when economic depression, dangerous working conditions, and ethnic hostility fueled violence between Irish immigrant miners and those seen as aligned with company power. Burke’s death became one of several incidents used by coal operators and prosecutors to justify a sweeping crackdown on the Molly Maguires, culminating in arrests, trials, and executions between 1876 and 1877, events that permanently shaped the legacy of labor conflict in nineteenth-century Pennsylvania.
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